This is your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense podcast.

Hey cyber sleuths! It’s Ting here, and you know what time it is—welcome to your hyper-current China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, where we break down the latest, weirdest, and most hair-raising cyber shenanigans coming in hot from the China-US cyber front.

Let’s get to today’s top story: in just the last 24 hours, the US tech sector woke up to a zesty new variant of malware dubbed “Salt Typhoon Reloaded.” Yes, you heard right. Salt Typhoon—the same actor that made headlines last winter—is back with a fresh, even sneakier payload. This time, they’ve pivoted hard into US telecommunications, with AT&T and Verizon once again in the crosshairs. The malware is spreading by embedding itself in routine firmware updates for network equipment—diabolical, right? It silently exfiltrates encrypted SMS and call metadata, focusing especially on government-issued handsets. The feds believe the campaign is aiming for high-value targets: think federal officials and key private sector execs at firms contracting with the DoD.

If you thought only telecom got toasted, think again. The financial sector is sounding the alarm too. At least two major US banks detected anomalous traffic overnight traced back to spoofed mobile devices in Asia, suspected tie-in to the same Salt Typhoon toolkit. So if you’re working in fintech, don’t relax just yet.

Here’s the real kicker: CISA didn’t wait to drop a warning. Late last night, they pushed an emergency directive—patch your network gear, update your endpoint security, and for the love of cyber, move all sensitive messaging to end-to-end encrypted apps. The FBI is adding: avoid public Wi-Fi, and if you work for Uncle Sam or any defense-adjacent company, use VPNs and multi-factor authentication every single time you log in.

Meanwhile, in the good ol’ game of cyber blame ping-pong, China’s Ministry of State Security threw shade back at the NSA, claiming the US is being just as naughty with the Asian Winter Games servers. They actually named supposed NSA operatives—Katheryn Wilson, Robert Snelling, and Stephen Johnson—accusing them of implanting backdoors in event systems in Harbin. Classic tit-for-tat, but let’s not let the noise distract us from real defensive hygiene.

TL;DR for today: Salt Typhoon’s back, patch your stuff, encrypt everything, and remember—if you see a weird update notification, double-check the source before you click. I’m Ting, keeping you one step ahead of the cyber chaos. Stay patched and stay sharp!

For more http://www.quietplease.ai

Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta